But as all Mariners, as well as Soldiers, share the Fate of those on whose Side they engage, so many of our Sailors are Slaves in Turky, that were taken in French, Dutch, and other Ships, and are consequently not reclaimable by any Treaty made with Great Britain.
"An Enquiry into the Causes of the Frequent Executions at Tyburn (1725)"
Bernard Mandeville Malvin R. Zirker
A profligate single man is shocking-but reclaimable.
"Man and Wife"
Wilkie Collins
They were always reclaimable, always apt to receive education, and, after having existed for centuries in an almost savage state, they were capable of once more attaining the highest civilization.
"Irish Race in the Past and the Present"
Aug. J. Thebaud